1990s

As Guns n’ “Roses Sweet Child O’ Mine” topped the charts entering the ’90s, it was then that John E. Somerville entered into retirement and his son, John “Jack” Somerville became president of the firm. The 1990s brought the sharpest growth in both commissions and staff in the firm’s history. This growth compelled Somerville’s leadership to seek larger quarters, and so the firm moved just a few hundred feet south of the 2020 location to our current office at 2100 Riverside Drive.  Work through the ’90s remained strong in healthcare facilities and industrial design.